How To Install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 is Plymouth “Spinner” theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64`

This package contains the “spinner” boot splash theme for Plymouth. It features a small spinner on a dark background.

We can use yum to install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64.

Install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64

How To Uninstall plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64

plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0001.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0002.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0003.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0004.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0005.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0006.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0007.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0008.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0009.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0010.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0011.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0012.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0013.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0014.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0015.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0016.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0017.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0018.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0019.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0020.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0021.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0022.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0023.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0024.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0025.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0026.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0027.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0028.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0029.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0030.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0031.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0032.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0033.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0034.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0035.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/animation-0036.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/box.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/bullet.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/entry.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/lock.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/spinner.plymouth
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0001.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0002.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0003.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0004.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0005.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0006.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0007.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0008.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0009.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0010.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0011.png
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/throbber-0012.png

References

plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.